Sega Dreamcast VR texture
File type: Graphics file
A .pvr file is a PowerVR texture used by games for the Sega Dreamcast console.
It stores texture data for Dreamcast game graphics, including textures used by games such as Sonic Adventure.
Found 3 different file type records with the same pvr filename suffix.
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: October 12, 2026
The Sega Dreamcast used PowerVR graphics technology, and its game files can contain textures in the PVR format. These textures are part of a game's graphics assets rather than standalone image files intended for ordinary image viewers.
A PVR file can contain texture data used to render surfaces and other visual elements in Dreamcast games. The format is associated with PowerVR technology and is used in game software such as Sonic Adventure.
Magic.TXD and the PowerVR SDK provide Windows-based tools that can work with this type of texture.
On Microsoft Windows, open the file with Magic.TXD or with a suitable texture utility from the PowerVR SDK. Some professional graphics programs, such as Adobe Photoshop, may also open and edit the file if a suitable plugin is installed.
A compatible texture tool such as Magic.TXD may be able to export the texture to a more common graphics format. Conversion depends on the particular PVR texture and on the export formats supported by the tool.
There is no single universal conversion method for all Dreamcast PVR files.
Software applications that can open pvr files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that can edit pvr files:
Microsoft Windows
Software capable of saving pvr files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that export pvr files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Encoded and encrypted file
Date updated: March 27, 2019
The pvr file extension is associated with the SecretAgent, file encryption and digital signature utility for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple Mac OS X (macOS) operating systems.
The pvr file holds private key used by SecretAgent.
Use SecretAgent to open *.pvr files.
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Software applications that can open pvr files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that create pvr files:
Microsoft Windows
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pvr files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: April 3, 2019
The pvr file extension is also associated with certain Wintal PVR devices and used for its default video recording format.
This type of .pvr files contains video in MPEG-2 format that can be viewed using a player bundled together with the device.
This type of video can be played back using Winal PVRX2 Player.
You can convert *.pvr videos using DVR Converter.
Software apps that import pvr files:
Microsoft Windows
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